Tuesday, July 19, 2011
It just won't work out
When Achilles the addax came into quarantine he was instantly my favorite animal. He had been hand reared so he was super imprinted on people and easy to love. They were not ready for him out on grounds for a while so me and Achilles became good friends. I was told not to trust addax and that you can't go in with them without getting goared. I had my doubts that was true but wasn't going to test it. They were having a new fence put up in the back holding area where Achilles was at the time so the workers rigged up a little holding/shift area for him. They did such a good job that when I went to shift him that night one of the fence panels fell over. I managed to catch it before it smashed Achilles but now I had no barrier between us. I was a little worried when he started toward me. I was (for some unknow reason) still holding the fence with both hands and had no idea how I would keep him from walking down to the car port area. So not good! Achilles got to where I was, and like the killer addax I knew he was, he started chewing on my keys. I called for someone on the radio but no one was responding. Achilles started to wonder off toward the fig tree to spar with it and then continue down the isle. Not knowing what else to do I called his name and to my suprise he came back. He chewed on my fingers all the way inside the barn where I locked him in to resecure the fence. As soon as I got the door closed Rhonda came down the isle asking if I still needed help. She helped me with the fence and I let Achilles back into his holding. When Rhonda left I noticed he didn't have water. Not wanting to leave him without water over night I tossed his water tub over the fence and went to get a hose to hook up to the faucet. This posed a problem because I didn't have a hose to fit it. Hmmmmm. Ok. I went in and got a pitcher and figured I can just fill it that way. I had to kind of wedge myself between the fence and barn to fill the tub but it was no big deal and he would have water. Achilles was standing next to me till I had the tub just under half way full then he walked into the barn. I heard him nosing around right before I had a hoof on either side of me. It took a moment to realize I had just been mounted. I decided in the next moment that he had enough water to last him overnight and I got out of there. An ackward silence followed. I told Achilles I loved him...just not in that way. Many people found this very funny. Me and Achilles are still friends but we don't hang out.
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